[Yama Hall, Fourth Hall, Hall of King Wuguan]
Two people, one pig, one fox, worked together in coordination.
The dangerous part of the Corpse Reciter was that both its Corpse Song Recital and Corpse Scripture Recital were area-based continuous damage skills. Combined with the spell penetration aura from the Second Hall, Hall of King Chujiang, the stacked damage became extremely high.
Even after using the SSS-rank Eye of Insight to detect its weakness, that covering one's ears and not listening could reduce damage taken by 30%, the damage they received was still not low.
The most annoying thing was that when it started reciting scriptures and songs, it sounded just like Tang Monk chanting sutras.
So Lin Mo simply instructed Strong Maned Pig, "Old Pig, watch its mouth. The moment it opens its mouth, shove the rake into it."
"Roar! Roar!"
So Strong Maned Pig obediently followed its master's order.
The moment a Corpse Reciter opened its mouth to begin reciting, Strong Maned Pig directly smashed its mouth apart with the rake and forcibly interrupted the cast.
Even Ning Xi was stunned watching this, "You can actually do that?"
"Oracle is an open world. Here, anything can happen. Everything is possible," Looking at the innocent Ning Xi, Lin Mo gave a mischievous smile and said, "So right now, Xiao Fei isn't here..."
As expected of the Empress. Ning Xi understood immediately. Her eyes brightened as she said, "Xiao Fei isn't here, so Brother Lin Mo, we can..."
"Eat candied hawthorn."
Lin Mo: "?"
It turned out that ever since Ning Fei moved in, not only had he been taking care of the family's meals every day, he had also been supervising Ning Xi and forbidding her from eating sweets she loved, saying they easily raised blood sugar and were bad for health.
Ning Xi happily said, "They sell iced candied hawthorn in the city. Brother Lin Mo, buy me some when we go back later."
Lin Mo said, "Other than candied hawthorn, is there really nothing else you want?"
Ning Xi thought for a moment, "Mm... I also want cake!"
Looking at Ning Xi's face full of expectation, Lin Mo couldn't help laughing.
"Alright, I'll buy it for you later."
"Hehe! Thank you, Brother Lin Mo."
So Strong Maned Pig tanked in front, Lin Mo and Ning Xi unleashed full firepower from the backline.
Ah Li also jumped onto Strong Maned Pig's rake and clawed at enemies.
Working together, they killed one Corpse Reciter after another.
[Ding~ Killed level 61 Corpse Reciter. EXP +300000!]
[Ding~ Killed level 61 Corpse Reciter. EXP +300000!]
[Ding...]
Under the four stacked auras of King Qin Guang, King Chujiang, Emperor Song, and King Wuguan, these Corpse Reciters were abnormally hard to kill.
But fortunately: they could still be killed.
And according to the challenge rules of Yama Hall, as long as players could kill the monsters inside Yama Hall, it meant the challenge could be completed.
The only issue was that progress was slower.
This time, it took nearly an entire day. It wasn't until four in the afternoon that they finally heard the pleasant system notification.
[Ding~ Corpse Reciter kill progress 100%. Congratulations on successfully clearing the Fourth Hall of Yama Hall, Hall of King Wuguan! The Fifth Hall, Hall of King Biancheng, has been activated!]
As the system notification fell, Lin Mo couldn't help sighing inwardly.
'Even Ning Xi and I, two SSS-rank talent holders, barely managed to clear the Fourth Hall. No wonder in my previous life, the highest clear record in Yama Hall history only reached the Third Hall.'
"The difficulty of the Fourth Hall is already this high. The Fifth and Sixth Halls afterward will probably only get harder."
The Fourth Hall had relied entirely on the tier-5 ring [Shadow · Power of Dominion], dropped from the tier-5 BOSS Dark Ruler killed back in Blazing Ember City.
Lin Mo weighed the tier-3 Venom Crossbow in his hand and silently prayed, "Please give me a tier-5 weapon!"
Although tier-4 weapons could be crafted, the improvement from tier-3 to tier-4 wasn't that large.
If it weren't for challenging Yama Hall, Lin Mo's current strength was already enough for ordinary monsters, and more than enough against current players.
But if he wanted smoother Yama Hall runs, he still needed tier-5 equipment. The increase would be much bigger.
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking.
Ning Xi said, "After some time, when the average equipment level in Inferno City rises and the blacksmith shop unlocks tier-5 equipment forging, Brother Lin Mo, I'll make you a tier-5 weapon."
Lin Mo said with satisfaction, "Alright."
Honestly, having the "infinite reputation" Empress by his side really was comfortable.
As long as conditions allowed it, if they wanted any equipment, they could directly make it themselves.
While speaking, just as Lin Mo was preparing to continue into the Fifth Hall with Ning Xi, a message suddenly popped up in the Divine Nation Guild core management group chat.
[Divine Nation · Great Sage Equal to Heaven, (Lv53 Sword Shield Warrior): "@Vice Guild Master Rulebound, Bloody Camp has been occupied by players from Chaotic World Guild. The brothers we sent there to collect hoes were killed by them too."]
Seeing this message, Lin Mo slightly frowned, 'Could Wang Junjie have also discovered the secret of the Blood Mine?'
It turned out that by digging blood crystals inside the Blood Mine, players could turn them in to Mine Foreman Lyle in Inferno City and receive a hidden quest.
But to dig blood crystals in the Blood Mine map, players had to have hoes.
And these hoes, specially used for digging blood crystals, could only drop by chance from killing monsters inside the Bloody Camp map.
Other than being used to dig blood crystals, the hoes had no other use.
Messages continued appearing in the group chat:
[Divine Nation · Erlang Zhenjun (Lv53 Paladin): "Looks like Chaotic World also discovered the Blood Mine secret. They're collecting hoes right now, and their next step will definitely be a large-scale move into Blood Mine to dig blood crystals. Their real goal is the hidden quest."]
[Divine Nation · Fuxi (Lv53 High Priest): "That Chaotic World Guild leader Wang Junjie acts arrogant and looks down on everyone just because he's the richest man in Ning'an, Jiang Province! But now he actually dares openly seize our territory and kill our people. He clearly doesn't take Divine Nation seriously either."]
[Divine Nation · Pangu (Lv53 Berserker): "@Ming Yuexin President Ling, just give the order and we'll immediately send troops, destroy Chaotic World, and take Bloody Forest back."]
[Divine Nation · Lei Gong (Lv53 Marksman): "This matter needs careful planning! Chaotic World isn't small. Their guild supposedly has over five thousand players! They're ranked among the top three in all of Inferno City!"]
[Divine Nation · Chiyou (Lv53 Magic Knight): "Just five thousand people! Divine Nation alone has ten thousand elite soldiers in Inferno City. In the entire city, if Divine Nation calls itself second, nobody dares call themselves first! Killing Chaotic World would be like slaughtering dogs!"]
Seeing the messages in the group chat, Lin Mo suddenly felt shaken inside.
'What? Ten thousand?'
Lin Mo knew Divine Nation was powerful.
But based on his investigation after joining Divine Nation: the registered member count of Divine Nation Guild within Inferno City should have been 5,521 people.
"I didn't expect that besides those five thousand visible members, Divine Nation actually has another five thousand hidden guards in Inferno City."
And this was only the number on the Inferno City side.
The other level-two main cities also had branches of Divine Nation spread throughout them.
"Looks like my caution all this time was the right choice."
Judging from this situation, Wang Junjie's Chaotic World Guild was like an egg hitting a rock against Divine Nation.
Once Divine Nation sent troops to Bloody Forest, Chaotic World would definitely be destroyed.
And ever since Wang Junjie previously showed interest in recruiting Lin Mo, Lin Mo had already started considering using the clone to ally with Wang Junjie.
"If Chaotic World gets wiped out, the clone loses such a strong ally. Even Blood Dance Guild will be restricted because of it."
For a moment, Lin Mo didn't know whether to call Wang Junjie smart for finding the right target and unknowingly ending up on the same side as him.
Or stupid for recklessly attacking a Divine Nation Guild whose strength surpassed his own by more than double without understanding the gap between them.
But at this moment, Lin Mo only knew one thing:
Once Divine Nation swallowed Chaotic World, not only would Lin Mo lose a powerful ally, Divine Nation itself would also grow stronger because of it.
That would only make things worse for Lin Mo when dealing with Divine Nation Guild in the future.
So, he had to protect Wang Junjie.
Thus, Lin Mo said in the group chat, ["Chaotic World is fairly large, and I've clashed with them many times in the level-three main city before. Wang Junjie's personality is like dog-skin plaster. He won't stop until he reaches his goal."]
["With Divine Nation's strength, destroying Chaotic World wouldn't be a problem, but there's no need to make such a huge move."]
["Inferno City is filled with hidden experts. It's not just Divine Nation and Chaotic World. Various guild forces are watching closely. If we and Chaotic World both suffer losses in the end, it will instead give other guilds an opportunity."]
While stabilizing Divine Nation, Lin Mo planned to think of a way to persuade Wang Junjie to retreat and give up the idea of advancing into Blood Mine.
That way, conflict between the two sides could be avoided.
But just as Lin Mo was planning this.
Ling Xue said in the group chat: ["I think Vice Guild Master Lin is right. His considerations are very thorough. But anyone who offends Divine Nation must die."]
["So we don't need to attack proactively. I have a better idea."]
["Let Chaotic World enter Blood Mine. We'll prepare an ambush there in advance and wait for them to walk right into it."]
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